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[ adjective ] being or resembling a force of nature
Synonyms Examples "elemental violence" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The lyric beauties of Schubert 's Trout_Quintet - its elemental rhythms and infectious melodies - make it a source of pure pleasure for almost all music listeners . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything
Synonyms Examples "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London "the ultimate ingredients of matter" "his proposal is elegantly simple" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In our disbelief we think that we can no_longer even use the word and so are unable to even name the elemental power which is so vividly real in_this play . For this does not account_for the integral , elemental power of that which grows with abounding vigor as the play unfolds , nor does it explain the strange numinous sense of presentness which comes over those who watch the play like a spell . |
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[ adjective ] relating to or being an element
Examples "elemental sulphur" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Because of the simplicity of the molecules , isotopic exchange reactions between elemental halogens and the corresponding carbon_tetrahalides would appear to offer particularly fruitful possibilities for obtaining unambiguous basic kinetic data . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to severe atmospheric conditions
Examples "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard Related terms |
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